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Frühstücksgespräche
Stellen Sie sich vor, Sie sind Gast in einem Hotel in einem Land mit einer größeren UN Peacekeeping Mission und schätzungsweise 1,4 Millionen Internally Displaced Persons, also nationalen Flüchtlingen. Sie betreten morgens den Frühstücksraum, lichtdurchflutet, afrikanische Dekoration, ein nettes Frühstücksbuffet. Sie setzen sich in die letzte freie Ecke, nebenan sitzt ein junger Mann, gegenüber dem Buffett ein Pärchen jenseits der fünfzig, in der letzten Ecke ein sehniger, durchtrainierter Amerikaner in Cargo-Hosen und T-Shirt, markante Gesichtszüge, Bürstenhaarschnitt, der in Ruhe sein Frühstück verzehrt. Auftritt Amerikaner Nummer Zwei, auch großgewachsen aber kräftiger, mit einer kleinen Pancake-Hamburger-Speckschicht über den Muskeln, gleichfalls Bürstenhaarschnitt, Freizeitkleidung. Zielstrebig begrüßt er Amerikaner Nr. 1 und eröffnet nach kurzer Begrüßung das Gespräch in einer Lautstärke, die einem amerikanischen Kasernenhof angemessen gewesen wäre:
Nr 2: I was wondering, are you an endurance type of guy?
Nr. 1: ahem…
Nr. 2: I mean, are you an endurance type of guy, are you doing marathon, workouts, endurance sports?
Nr 1: Yeah, I do, I do marathon, running, swimming…
Nr 2: Because, I have this idea that I would like to explain to you and hear your opinion, so, let me tell you. […], the insurgents, I have been thinking about how to track them down […] have been wondering how long one could endure in such a country, being on the run. What do you think?
Nr 1: Well, I don’t know, that would probably depend on the situation and […]
Nr 2: Yeah, but, with all the strains, heat, hunger and thirst and no food, being hunted and the constant fear of being identified and killed, how long could an insurgent run and hide and evade military forces?
Nr 1: Ah, I really don’t know, considering circmstances… .
Nr 2: Well, according to your experience, what could our guys endure in training, how far and how long could they run and hold out in such a situation?
Nr 1: That’s hard to say, I mean, the fear of being tracked down and killed makes one endure longer, so forces in training camp are really not comparable to that …
Nr 2: I understand, but, you see, I have been thinking about this plan to include the villages in the identification of insurgents. … I mean, those guys are on the run, so if they come to a new village where they don’t know anyone, if you could only get the villagers to help identify them […]
Nr 1: Correct.
Nr 2:. […] considering the villages, if they had a legal force outside of them – I mean, villagers should be able to identify […] either they don’t belong there or are absolutely legimitate […] now: the guiltier they are, the more they’ll run! Out of fear.
Nr. 1: Hahaha,… out of fear
Nr. 2 So to me it’s like this: if you run, then you’re guilty
Nr. 1 Well […]
Nr. 2 My idea is, this is a model, we’re talking about power in this country– and how much power does a village chief have, how much does he know… the question is, if he had a force, so to speak , his own police, could he […] each village is different… don’t want the bad guys in the family… the bad ones…
[…]
Nr 1: Correct. […] That’s what I was thinking […]
Nr 2: You’re right, you’re absolutetly right, if you get a bunch of them apart […] Part of the identification process depends on that the village creates a council, the elders on the village council, so that you can separate the wheat from the chaff?
Nr 1: […]
Nr 2: Also, we should consider influence for money, what they get out of going out there, cause, all there is is danger and death, here at least there is hope for life, […] so we need a mechanism for us to exploite the village knowledge, get money to a village, have a bottom-up approach…
Nr 1: Correct [...] village [...] problem... .
Weiterhin kann man sich vorstellen, ein solches Gespräch würde sich irgendwann kolumbianischen Drogenbaronen und Guerilla Taktiken zuwenden, und außerdem wären Sie irgendwann mit dem Frühstück fertig und hätten eine Verabredung zum Souvenir-Shopping auf dem lokalen Andenkenmarkt. Einen Moment allerdings hätten Sie sich gefragt: sollte den Herren vielleicht jemand erklären, daß es keine übermäßig gute Idee ist, in einem Hotelfrühstücksraum derartige Ansichten zu äußern? Andererseits wäre ein solches Gespräch - hätte es denn stattgefunden - natürlich hervorragend geeignet gewesen, Vorurteile zu bestätigen, vom Unterhaltungswert ganz abgesehen.
Nr 2: I was wondering, are you an endurance type of guy?
Nr. 1: ahem…
Nr. 2: I mean, are you an endurance type of guy, are you doing marathon, workouts, endurance sports?
Nr 1: Yeah, I do, I do marathon, running, swimming…
Nr 2: Because, I have this idea that I would like to explain to you and hear your opinion, so, let me tell you. […], the insurgents, I have been thinking about how to track them down […] have been wondering how long one could endure in such a country, being on the run. What do you think?
Nr 1: Well, I don’t know, that would probably depend on the situation and […]
Nr 2: Yeah, but, with all the strains, heat, hunger and thirst and no food, being hunted and the constant fear of being identified and killed, how long could an insurgent run and hide and evade military forces?
Nr 1: Ah, I really don’t know, considering circmstances… .
Nr 2: Well, according to your experience, what could our guys endure in training, how far and how long could they run and hold out in such a situation?
Nr 1: That’s hard to say, I mean, the fear of being tracked down and killed makes one endure longer, so forces in training camp are really not comparable to that …
Nr 2: I understand, but, you see, I have been thinking about this plan to include the villages in the identification of insurgents. … I mean, those guys are on the run, so if they come to a new village where they don’t know anyone, if you could only get the villagers to help identify them […]
Nr 1: Correct.
Nr 2:. […] considering the villages, if they had a legal force outside of them – I mean, villagers should be able to identify […] either they don’t belong there or are absolutely legimitate […] now: the guiltier they are, the more they’ll run! Out of fear.
Nr. 1: Hahaha,… out of fear
Nr. 2 So to me it’s like this: if you run, then you’re guilty
Nr. 1 Well […]
Nr. 2 My idea is, this is a model, we’re talking about power in this country– and how much power does a village chief have, how much does he know… the question is, if he had a force, so to speak , his own police, could he […] each village is different… don’t want the bad guys in the family… the bad ones…
[…]
Nr 1: Correct. […] That’s what I was thinking […]
Nr 2: You’re right, you’re absolutetly right, if you get a bunch of them apart […] Part of the identification process depends on that the village creates a council, the elders on the village council, so that you can separate the wheat from the chaff?
Nr 1: […]
Nr 2: Also, we should consider influence for money, what they get out of going out there, cause, all there is is danger and death, here at least there is hope for life, […] so we need a mechanism for us to exploite the village knowledge, get money to a village, have a bottom-up approach…
Nr 1: Correct [...] village [...] problem... .
Weiterhin kann man sich vorstellen, ein solches Gespräch würde sich irgendwann kolumbianischen Drogenbaronen und Guerilla Taktiken zuwenden, und außerdem wären Sie irgendwann mit dem Frühstück fertig und hätten eine Verabredung zum Souvenir-Shopping auf dem lokalen Andenkenmarkt. Einen Moment allerdings hätten Sie sich gefragt: sollte den Herren vielleicht jemand erklären, daß es keine übermäßig gute Idee ist, in einem Hotelfrühstücksraum derartige Ansichten zu äußern? Andererseits wäre ein solches Gespräch - hätte es denn stattgefunden - natürlich hervorragend geeignet gewesen, Vorurteile zu bestätigen, vom Unterhaltungswert ganz abgesehen.
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